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coastwide.systems
James | CWS 🇨🇦
@coastwide.systems
Game development studio building games for Linux (and other OS's too) using the bevy engine and Rust language.

#linux #rustlang #bevy #bevyengine

#gamedev #indiedev #solodev

https://coastwidesystems.com/

https://discord.gg/Rg8MBJAvu4
Weird, these screenshots were fine when I posted them but now look like they're corrupted? I'll capture some new shots when I fix these bugs I'm working on right now & post some replacements
January 15, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Haha I can't imagine doing serious dev in Windows, everything is so clunky and painful. Been an engineer for over 10y and have never used Windows for development 😆
January 13, 2026 at 6:29 AM
Ehh, depends a bit on what you're doing exactly but I haven't needed Windows for anything in years now. I set up my build environment to cross compile to Win & MacOS so I can create release builds for every target all at once from a single command
January 13, 2026 at 6:28 AM
I've been using Zed and love it. But I also dislike IDE's in general (I'm a Vim guy 😅)
January 13, 2026 at 6:24 AM
Heads up that Bazzite isn't the best choice for development - it's great for a lot but installing dev libs is going to be difficult. I'd recommend vanilla Fedora as the best for game dev
January 13, 2026 at 6:22 AM
Came to ask this too - I used to use RSS a lot but the state of feed readers for the last several years has been pretty sad
January 11, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Easier approach is to get a domain & paid ProtonMail account, it was super easy to set up when I ditched gmail - zero regrets, and far less headache than self hosting email
January 11, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Only way to permanently be rid of the bloat & crap is to swap to Bazzite or SteamOS
January 4, 2026 at 3:25 AM
I keep coming back to Fedora spins (and Bazzite for the kids) 😆

Still giving CachyOS a shot, but it's been disappointingly sluggish with compile times solidly 10% longer and all apps noticeably slower to start (several seconds for, eg, a browser)
December 26, 2025 at 12:54 PM
store.steampowered.com/app/3375550/...

Try not to mind the amateur capsule art (looking for an artist still) but Heat Retreat could use a wishlist for Christmas 😆
Heat Retreat on Steam
Your home town is forced to evacuate: assemble your party, choose a vehicle and grab supplies before hitting the road in search of refuge. Manage your resources and barter, scavenge, hunt or steal alo...
store.steampowered.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
👆 this. Enough said.
December 20, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Bazzite has a proper desktop mode too. But go ahead and give Cachy a try too, it's not *bad* but there are lots of gotchas & stuff you learn after making mistakes. Ie, correct CLI installer is confusing, seems like `paru` is the one to use but it's not clear. Using AUR "correctly" isn't clear either
December 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Bazzite is great for that too, on their website you plug in your hardware info & they give you an iso with everything you need. Been installing it on my kids' laptops & it's been great. It's an atomic distro tho, so you'll be using flatpaks a lot
December 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM